October 30, 2004

Y is for Yuck

Everything the budding icky-ologist wants to know about these ubiquitous critters, from the African Goliath to the Zinc Metallic, rendered in all their multi-hued splendor. Did you know the Bombardier beetle farts poison gas? Okay, maybe Pallotta doesn’t quite say “fart.” His humor is gentle and never gets in the way of the trivia, while Biedrzycki’s colorful bugs skitter across the pages.